Pretty much all of them.
It'd be easier to ask which bands do deserve their recognition.
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To be honest? AC/DC; they've got plenty of good songs but plenty of duds as well. It's pretty much become one of those bands that if you ask someone, who's wearing their tshirt what their favourite song/album is, they either won't be able to give you an answer, or pick a really obvious one (most likely either Highway to Hell or Hell's Bells).
It's the same with Metallica and, to a lesser extent, Iron Maiden.
Agreed.
I mean, I felt like AC/DC focused more on brand recognition when Brian Johnson took over after Bon Scott died. Their music were aiming for radio appeal, not that no musician should because it means being successful, but it almost was formulaic. Thunderstruck for example, became a staple for sports soundtracks and stadium like events.
And they're a victim of their own success as you've talked here, where someone who didn't grow up with the band, will only focus on the popular songs. Despite them having grown up with at least a couple albums that AC/DC did release, like their last album 'Power Up' was in 2020. It's the same deal with Nirvana, always wearing that double-X smiley shirt or having the poster and only saying they cared about Nevermind. The same for Guns 'N Roses where it's always both of the Appetite for Destruction albums and songs like Welcome to the Jungle and November Rain.
I think it honestly just speaks about a fan's depth as to how much they like bands. An actual fan likes a band and addresses both flaw and success. A casual fan only likes what was popular and nothing else for cheap nods.
Aiming for radio appeal and catering to the masses is ok, as long as you do it from the start.
Every musician/band I know of that changed their sound to be more radio friendly has given up their own sound.
The first example that comes to mind would be Kevin Parker; the first two Tame Impala albums are amazing, but since then he went full pop. It worked for a few songs, but recently his features in other songs were better than his own stuff (i.e. New Gold by Gorillaz and Neverender by Justice) IMO.
As far as AC/DC goes, I grew up with Black Ice, which is a decent album (albeit a bit bloated) but nothing I would necessarily would want to revisit any time soon. Pretty much all of their (popular) stuff sounds so big, yet lacks real depth in my opinion.
Metallica for sure as a 42 year old Iβm a fan of them or to be specific Iβm a fan of 2 albums, justice for all and the black album. I never stood the long-term appeal of them. I have a friend who is the same age as me who is a diehard fan of Metallica they kind of remind me of the next generation kiss. And also on top of that, they helped destroy Napster.
Kill"em All?
I obviously never met any of them but the band itself just comes across as a bunch of douchebags, especially James Hetfield.
Smashing pumpkins. Booooooring. And Billy is an ass.
The Ramones. If ever a band deserved to be a 1-hit wonder, this is it.
Sleep Token.
And I'm not saying that because they're currently popular. But I'm just about done with gimmicky pretentious bands like them. All of their songs are almost 10 minutes long too. Not listening to that. President recently did debut last year but all of that hype amounted to a wet fart.
I really really loved their old stuff but I can't even sit through their latest albums. super disappointing honestly
sundowning was the last solid thing they put out imo
Sleep token is the precursor to ai music.
I cant stand it myself.
Well easy answer is Taylor Swift, she's a fine singer but not amazing, samey lyrics, like the McDonald's of music. Is she a band? Idk. Agree with KISS.
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Imagine Dragons, ugh, music designed for car commercials and 8th graders, fucking rip my ear drums out.
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Coldplay.
Their music doesn't move me in any way (except to turn it off). Can someone please point out any good bit of any song? I'm willing to try, but everything I've heard for years is just musical mush.
Have you listened to their first few albums? They really went down the soulless pop music route after Viva La Vida IMO
We at least got a goated meme from themβ¦
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Not exactly what you're asking, but Nickelback was a passing good rock band with several great songs. How they became the punching bag of bad bands I'll never really understand.
They are like vanilla with vanilla sauce on top.
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KISS was mediocre rock at best. They have a few good songs. They are/were stage performers. Same with Gwar. Same with Insane Clown Posse. And KISS have done a lot to entertain their fans. Theyβre fine.
Most popular music is popular because a lot of people like it. I never much cared for Taylor Swift, but I decided to try her new album. I pay for music streaming, so it didnβt cost me anything. Turns out I really like most of it! Listened to her previous album and it doesnβt hit the same. So Iβm not a Swiftie after all. Same with Kendrick Lamar. He was doing the Super Bowl last year so I listened to his latest album. I still play GNX from time to time.
Find what you love but donβt yuck somebody elseβs yum.
If you like GNX try going waaaaaaaay back to the old old stuff, like his K Dot mixtakes back before he went by Kendrick Lamar. I think you can still find those on DatPiff, or at least you could add of a few years ago.
Exactly my thought, Kiss is like royalty free muzak rock.
Exactly, also if you ever seen their photos in magazines from back in the 70s, they would have Pyro and spit out fake blood. If you never heard any of their songs just based on the visuals, you would think they were some deep disturbed hard-core metal but when you listen to their songs, it sounds like something you would hear on Sesame Street.
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If anyone says Rush, I will find you....oh yes, I will find you.
Not really able to be overrated anymore as you'll be hard pressed to find an under 30 who even knows them.
But also its impossible for them to be overrated ;)
Rush is goddamn terrible. Every song changes tempo 12 times so the drummer can show off.
The Pass changes tempo?
Now tool, it can get trippy and complex. But rush has 19 albums and theyre all pretty different, not a lot of them are actually that proggy.
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